Lot
162

AN ETRUSCAN TERRACOTTA ANTEFIX

CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C.

AN ETRUSCAN TERRACOTTA ANTEFIX
CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C.
Molded in the form of Silenus, depicted wearing a cloak over the back of his bald pate, revealing his high pointed ears, with three ridges in relief above his brow, his broad nose with flaring nostrils, his beard and mustache composed of knobby curls, with extensive pigment preserved, including red for his face, black for his beard and mustache, painted rosettes and geometric designs at his chest, remnants of a strut on the reverse
8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm.) high